Covering a total area of 507 sq mi and having a total population of over 27.8K with an excellent admixture of White, Native American, black or African American, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Pacific Islander, and others with more than 9.5K housing units and 6.8K families, Lauderdale County has its county seat and the biggest city in Ripley. The county was established in 1818 and was named after James Lauderdale.

The Lauderdale County records site is developed and largely enriched with extensive data that provides fundamental statistics regarding marriage volume number, census data, immigration and naturalization specifics, obituary notice, burial and cemetery details, land and estate data, demise facts, real estate and property facts, war and enlistment data, civil court case lookups, divorce decree information, origin and birth details, World War I and II information, last will or probate specifics, American Civil War history and the likes.